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Vote!
For public health.
For science.
For democracy.
Against corruption.
Against hate.
Against authoritarianism.
As always, Elizabeth has it right.
Big Tech, big fibs:
One of the scientists running is a dear friend and the wonderful Dr @kristinhook.bsky.social! Texas 21- vote for her. Trust me. An excellent scientist will make an excellent member of congress! (She’s the woman in the photo on the far right!)
cnn.com
A record number of health professionals are running for office. Could they help heal US politics? | CNN
At least 125 doctors, nurses and public health experts are on the ballot for Tuesday’s midterm elections — an unprecedented number from fields that historically offered fewer paths to elected office t...
Never Small Government, but Definitely Pro Pain and Suffering!
Let's be clear: When Trump gets angry about his staffers selling influence, it's because he wants to be the only one who can do that—not because he has a problem with corruption.
How do we know? He wants a cut of Alina Habba's deal for himself.
nytimes.com
Trump Erupted After Learning of Alina Habba’s $50 Million Deal
Angry about the scale of a contract signed by one of his former lawyers with the family of a wealthy pardon seeker, the president told allies he wanted some of the money to go to his future presidenti...
THIS IS BULLSHIT‼️
Trump’s DOJ is sending federal election monitors into 6 Democratic strongholds in Georgia, and now he’s floating the idea of deploying the National Guard to Atlanta.
Turn out in numbers too big to ignore, too big to dispute, and too big for anyone to deny.
#BluewaveIn5Days
"The company that owned a private prison in Appleton offered to sell it to MN for $75m
Year later, Trump agreed to use taxpayer $ to buy it from CoreCivic for $495.6m
The price difference, $420m, is more than was lost in much-publicized Feeding Our Future scandal" www.kare11.com/article/news...
@gabrielzucman.bsky.social: So let met get that straight: paying a wealth tax is impossible (“billionaires have no liquidity”, “it would be taxing unrealized gains”, “their wealth is virtual”) but one man paying half a billion to influence elections is possible. Did I understand well?
Just as a private equity firm buys out a corporation and strips it for parts, a consultant class is raiding the Democratic Party and getting “generationally wealthy” along the way
New from me and @adambonica.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/2163...
newrepublic.com
How the Consulting Class Is Eating the Democratic Party
Fundraising costs gobble up most of the funds raised. Billions are spent on TV ads that have virtually no impact. Candidates may win or lose—but the consulting class always wins.
Chip Roy lost his race and is on his way out of public life -- but he's still wearing clothes with his own name tag on it
Elon Musk has become the main donor of the Senate Leadership Fund.
Musk poured $168 million into the fund, and his money accounts for 58% of its third-quarter fundraising.
He's using his personal wealth to sway elections in his favor.
This is a brazen attack on our democracy.
A huge win for all employees of usda not just our members democracyforward.org/news/press-r... #bettertogether #unionsmatter #ourworkmatters
democracyforward.org
Court Orders Stop to USDA Reorganization in Lawsuit Filed by Unions, Nonprofits, Cities, and Counties
San Francisco – A federal court has ordered the Trump-Vance administration to stop implementing an unlawful reorganization of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The lawsuit…
Instead of spending millions of dollars for ads to spread lies about @jamestalarico.bsky.social and meddle in our elections, Elon Musk should be paying taxes like the rest of us.
Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period.
The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.
propublica.org
Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
Important Context has a new story published in partnership with @theguardian.com.
Anti-vaxxers, including Robert Kennedy Jr.’s former group, Children’s Health Defense, have been going after doctors professionally to cast doubt on measles deaths.
www.importantcontext.news/anti-vaxxers...
importantcontext.news
Anti-Vaxxers Target Doctors to Deny Measles Deaths in Widening Outbreak
Children’s Health Defense boasts that it sparked malpractice inquiries into two doctors who treated deceased unvaccinated measles patients.